The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
1:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.01° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.20° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.